Source: The Watch
by Radley Balko
“As you probably know by now, despite the dire warnings from Republicans, there was no violence, in Nashville or anywhere else. From what I’ve gleaned from news coverage, there were less than 20 arrests among the 5 to 8 million protesters, and one of those was an Alabama woman who was unnecessarily, aggressively arrested by three cops for wearing an inflatable penis costume. Police departments in cities like New York, Austin, and San Diego even publicly pointed out that they’d made zero arrests. I saw no support for Hamas, no violent extremism, and no support for terrorism. It was, as the kids say, overwhelmingly normie. … The only thing I saw all weekend resembling a threat was the deranged AI-generated video our definitely-not-bitter president posted in which he donned a crown, climbed into a fighter plane, and bombed his own citizens with liquid shit.” (10/20/25)